72 years of Jo stories, 1954 to 2026

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Our family trip to Orlando At dinner on March 15, Jo and Rich cozied up over a skillet dessert with a birthday candle, and Ava reached for her birthday sundae, candle and cherry on top, while Grandma Jo looked on. A few days later, at The Boathouse at Disney Springs, Jo played peekaboo with her napkin until Ava was grinning ear to ear, then opened up a little treat box to show her. With: Jo, Rich, Ava

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Story time with Grandma Jo Grandma Jo reading "You Are (Not) Small" to Ava and me on the couch, giving every page the full dramatic treatment. She turned the pages for Ava, tucked in between the two of us, and Ava looked up at her with a huge grin. Ava pointed out the bears, Grandma Jo smiled at her between pages, and she laughed her way through the story while Ava, hanging on to her own foot, studied the pictures. With: Jo, Ava, Tracy

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Mom on a COVID video call, April 2020 April 23, 2020: Mom on the laptop screen, video-calling into our living room with a bearded man beside her. The toddler in the denim jacket and purple glasses waved at the screen while a black-and-white dog wandered through, and a birthday balloon sat in the corner. With: Mom, Dad, Ava

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Mother's Day COVID 2020 in the yard Mother's Day 2020 in Reisterstown: a visit out in the yard, with the chairs spread well apart. Mom sat back by the house in a green jacket with her cane, while a masked man in a gray hoodie held a stuffed dog and the toddler in a pink knit hat held out a yellow toy. With: Rich, Jo, Ava

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St. Patrick's Day Paoli, PA trip St. Patrick's Day evening, 2021: story time on the couch during a trip to Longwood Gardens with Ted & Barb. Mom, in a yellow fleece with a purple blanket over her lap, points at the pictures while the toddler in pink pajamas follows along and a bearded man in plaid holds the other side of the book. With: Mom, Dad, Ava

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Playtime at Broadmead, May 2022 A Thursday evening in May 2022 at Broadmead. Mom, in a blue floral blouse, leans down from a red armchair to play with a little girl in a mint-green top and a pile of stuffed toys on the carpet. Across the room, a white-bearded man in another armchair raises a hand. With: Dad, Ava, Mom